Peter Norton's Inside the PCPeter Norton's Inside the PC, 8th Edition provides insight the PC family. The book focuses on the exploration of the PC including the hardware and its interior as well as focusing attention on the operating systems -- Windows and DOS. This book goes into more depth on these topics than you will find in the many comprehensive PC books available that cover a wider audience range. The more the reader knows about his PC the better he can truly realize the potential of the machine.This book will help the reader understand what goes on inside the PC which will help him make more educated decisions in buying new or additional equipment. After reading this book the user will be in a better position to get the most for his money when making PC or PC-related purchases.This book covers processors to operating systems, monitors to multimedia, and mobile PCs to the Internet. The reader will become well versed in all of these technologies and more. |
Contents
The View from Afar | 3 |
Acknowledgments | 9 |
Removable hard disks superfloppies magnetoopticals CDRW and DVDROM to DVDRAM | 10 |
Copyright | |
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3DNow actually ASCII backup binary BIOS bits boot bytes cable cache memory called Chapter circuit clock color connected connector CPU chips create device drivers devices disk drives enable example Figure filename floppy diskette graphics hard disk hard drive hardware hexadecimal host adapter input inside instructions Intel interface Internet interrupt keyboard load logical machine main memory means memory chips Microsoft modem modules monitor motherboard mouse operating system output parallel port PC Card PC's PCI bus Pentium Pentium II pixels plug plug-in power supply printer protected mode protocol real mode screen SCSI sector segment serial signals simply slot socket sound speed standard storage stored strategy things understand voltage Windows 9x Windows NT wires workstations